How to Use laparoscopy in a Sentence

laparoscopy

noun
  • This is usually performed with laparoscopy rather than open surgery.
    — Doru Paul, Verywell Health, 19 Mar. 2023
  • The laparoscopy found 37 lesions and a cyst on her ovary, which was removed via surgery.
    — Brendan Le, Peoplemag, 4 May 2024
  • During a laparoscopy, the surgeon will make one or more small incisions in your lower abdomen.
    — Corey Whelan, Verywell Health, 24 Jan. 2025
  • My second laparoscopy for my Endometriosis was over the holidays and of course, who was right by my side?
    — Kate Hogan, PEOPLE.com, 12 Jan. 2018
  • Her medical records show she was also given a laparoscopy, in which incisions are made in the abdomen.
    — NBC News, 11 Nov. 2020
  • In laparoscopy, surgeons thread medical instruments and cameras by hand through small holes in the patient’s body.
    — Sy Mukherjee, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2017
  • Brad was rushed to a second hospital where an emergency laparoscopy was performed to clean out his insides and replace the tube.
    — Jenny Mollen, Marie Claire, 17 July 2017
  • Of course, depending on your condition and what’s available laparoscopy may not be possible.
    — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 31 Jan. 2022
  • In one case, a surgeon had perforated a patient’s bowel during a laparoscopy.
    — The Economist, 28 June 2018
  • So scientists often use laparoscopy, sending a thin tube into each animal to view its organs.
    — National Geographic, 8 Jan. 2018
  • Doctors can perform a minor surgery called a laparoscopy, in which a sample of the cyst is removed and tested to confirm the diagnosis.
    — Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 20 Aug. 2025
  • If a doctor thinks a patient may have endometriosis, the decision to perform a laparoscopy should be discussed together.
    — Kristen Fischer, Health, 3 Mar. 2026
  • He was put on a feeding tube, and an exploratory laparoscopy showed potential signs of an infection that was resolving, but no action was deemed needed.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 24 June 2022
  • That's a common term in the UK for a laparoscopy, where a doctor makes a small incision and inserts a camera to guide the procedure.
    — Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 26 Apr. 2024
  • The surgery usually is a minimally invasive procedure, such as a laparoscopy or done with a small incision.
    — Kimberly Fornek, chicagotribune.com, 16 Feb. 2018
  • That often requires laparoscopy, viewing the turtle's internal organs by inserting a thin camera.
    — Craig Welch, National Geographic, 4 Apr. 2019
  • Moll knew that laparoscopy, for all its benefits, could exhaust and frustrate surgeons, who often had to spend several hours manipulating their tools through tiny holes.
    — D. T. Max, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2019
  • In 2018, Hough recounted two times when her dog Lexi wouldn’t leave her side following laparoscopy to treat her endometriosis.
    — Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com, 12 Oct. 2019
  • Definitively diagnosing the disorder requires invasive surgery; doctors need to peer inside the pelvis through a laparoscopy.
    — Julia Belluz, Vox, 24 July 2018
  • But robotic surgeries cost hospitals more to provide and often are reimbursed by insurers at the same rate as for conventional laparoscopy, according to some experts.
    — Mary Chris Jaklevic, chicagotribune.com, 31 July 2019
  • Still, if the pain doesn’t go away after multiple laparoscopies, a woman may elect to do a hysterectomy and oophorectomy to remove the uterus and target estrogen production.
    — Zahra Barnes, SELF, 14 Feb. 2018
  • Other treatment options can happen during laparoscopy, where the surgeon can choose to remove or destroy lesions and scar tissue, though pain often returns after a short period of relief.
    — Elizabeth Varnell, Vogue, 14 Feb. 2018
  • Unlike kidney removals performed now using laparoscopy, a minimally invasive procedure, surgeons sliced Bowling from her spine to near her navel.
    — Grace Schneider, The Courier-Journal, 10 Aug. 2017
  • Lapovations is a medical device company focused on improving laparoscopy.
    — Andrea Rumbaugh, Houston Chronicle, 9 Apr. 2018
  • The scary moment pushed her to undergo a laparoscopy — a minimally invasive method for the diagnosis and treatment of intra-abdominal diseases.
    — Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Irwin’s close friend, who had endometriosis, urged her to undergo a laparoscopy — a minimally invasive method for the diagnosis and treatment of intra-abdominal diseases.
    — Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 23 Aug. 2023
  • They’re typically treated surgically, which can be done with a minimally invasive laparoscopy, or with a skin incision over the hernia to support this area where there’s a weakening within the pelvic cavity.
    — Addison Aloian, Women's Health, 15 June 2023
  • Another gynecologist prescribes a diagnostic laparoscopy, which confirms endometriosis on my diaphragm.
    — Health, 5 Mar. 2025
  • For now, small patches of the flexible pressure sensors could be used as a coating for surgical tools used in laparoscopy, says Stefan Mannsfeld, a Stanford researcher who led the electronic skin development.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 14 Sep. 2010
  • Additionally, hysteroscopic sterilization compared with laparoscopy did not significantly differ in the risks of certain medical concerns, such as autoimmune diseases, thyroid disorders or the risk of death, the researchers found.
    — Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 13 Mar. 2018

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